My late wife had a drink or three with Sherrie Hewson of Corrie and Loose Women fame. I believe she is a Beeston (in Nottingham) girl and at the time, her mum or her sister was living in the area still. Apparently, she was very nice and my wife and her friend spent a couple of hours with her getting merrily bladdered.
My now partner met ex of The Jam, Bruce Foxton in some night club somewhere in Manchester, not long after Weller had pulled the plug on the band in 1983 or thereabouts to move into cringemaking leisure wear, sweaters tied around his neck and generally bad tunes. Unwisely, she decided to give him some career advice, told him The Jam should never have split up (helpful) and to pour phosphorus on his ego burns, so to speak, then advised him that his solo tour had been badly promoted. Just what he wanted to hear from a then trainee solicitor!! Needless to say, she didn’t stay meeting him for much longer after those ‘wise’ words.